Galina Khomchik
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Galina Viktorovna Khomchik |
| Born | May 30, 1960 |
| Origin |
Moscow, USSR Soviet Union/Russia |
| Genres | Bard |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, TV presenter |
| Instruments | Guitar, piano |
| Labels | Moskovskiye Okna, Muzprom |
| Associated acts | Songs of Our Century |
| Website |
www |
Galina Khomchik (Гали′на Хо′мчик, May 30, 1960 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian singer, acoustic guitarist and pianist, a prominent figure of the country's modern folk/bard movement. Khomchik, the three Soviet bard festivals' laureate (Moscow, 1983, The 1st National, Saratov, 1986 and V. Grushin's, Samara, 1987) and a XX Workers' Festival's golden medal winner (1984, East Berlin),[1] is a popular radio and TV presenter, author of the I'll Sing To You and Let's Fill With Music... popular series, who's filmed 8-part TV film on the history of the bard movement in the USSR.[1] Khomchik is known also as director and producer of many musical videos, including those of a colleague, pop bard Oleg Mityaev.[2] Both on her own and as a member of an all-star project Songs of Our Century she toured Europe, Australia, Israel and USA[3]
Galina Khomchik (with a hundred songs to her repertoire, notably, Okudzhava, Vizbor, Nikitin, Kim, and Novella Matveeva urban folk classics' interpretations) released ten solo albums and features in numerous Russian modern/urban folk music compilations.[2] She is one of just two (another being Yelena Kamburova) non-writing artists who are featured in the Most Famous Bards of Russia encyclopedia (all others being songwriters).[4][5]
Novye Izvestia described Khomchik as "the star of a Russian bard music".[6] She's been praized by Yuly Kim,[7] Sergey Nikitin[8] and Olga Okudzhava;[9] singer and poet Alexander Gorodnitsky called her "a missionary of music poetry", "unequalled in this genre".[10]
Discography
- Nesckuchny Sad (Нескучный сад, 1994, Мuzprom-MO Records)
- Eternity: a Woman's View (По-женски о вечном, 1997)[11]
- Don't leave me, Spring! (Не покидай меня, весна! 2000)[12]
- Familiar Romantics (Знакомая романтика, 2001, Mystery of Sound Records)
- Surprise Alliance (Неожиданный альянс, 2002)[13]
- Songs by Bulat Okujava, (Песни Булата Окуджавы, 2003)
- Moscow University: My Genius Teachers (МГУ: Мои Гениальные Учителя, 2005)[14]
- Two Voices' Harmony (Двухголосие, 2007)[15]
- Good and Old (Старое-доброе, 2008, First Musical Publishers)
- Songs of Yuri Visbor (Песни Юрия Визбора, 2009, IVC Records)[16]
References
- 1 2 "Galina Khomchik". www.peterout.ru. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- 1 2 "Galina Khomchik biography". www.homchik.ru. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
- ↑ G. Khomchik: In USA and Canada we couldn't get enough of sing-alongs.... www.ozon.ru. 2000.
- ↑ Galina Khomchik @ ArtVisit. - www.aptvisit.ru.
- ↑ C. Истомин, Д. Денисенко. Самые знаменитые барды России. ISBN 5-94538-067-9
- ↑ Yevgenya Shmelyova. Бард Галина Хомчик: «Слеты авторской песни проходят и в Пенсильвании». Izvestya, 2006
- ↑ "Yuly Kim on Galina Khomchic". Homchik.ru. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Sergey Nikitin. CD footnotes". Homchik.ru. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Olga Okudzhava on Galina Khomchik". Homchik.ru. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Alexandr Gorodnitsky. A Missionary of Music Poetry". Homchik.ru. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Po-zhenski o vechnom - Galina Khomchik". Amazon.co.uk. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Ne pokidaj menya, vesna! - Galina Khomchik". Amazon.co.uk. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Unexpected Alliance - Galina Khomchik and Sergey Voytenko / Neozhidanny al'yans - Galina Khomchik i Sergey Voytenko (Import)". Amazon.com. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Galina Khomchik - Moi genial'nye uchitelya: Pesni vypusknikov MGU". Amazon.co.uk. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Galina Khomchik - Dvukhgolosie (Import)". Amazon.co.uk. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Galina Khomchik discography". www.homchik.ru. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
External links
- Liza magazine interview.
- Galina Khomchik MK interview, 2008.
- Galina Khomchik profile at Radio Chanson
- Echo Moskvy interview, by Natella Boltyanskaya, April 2, 2010
- Links to her CDs